“The world that needs democracies, dictatorships, terrorists, and police also needs fine dining, fast food, waiters and cooks.” Those words sum up the thoughts behind “Abolish Restaurants” better than any review might. This 56 page zine peels back the pretty laundered napkin and dissects the restaurant world from an anti-capitalist perspective. Certainly, most of us [...]

What do popcorn, milkshakes, Jello and ice cream all have in common? Aside from being delicious snacks, each played some sort of role in clandestine government projects throughout the last few decades. Edible Secrets (Michael Hoerger and Mia Partlow) takes the reader on a tour of some of the most famous declassified documents that show [...]

So much of today’s 20 and 30 somethings grew up reading Choose Your Own Adventure books. Who can forget sitting in a bedroom, fingers plucked in several pages, hoping the next page you turn isn’t your last? Finally, one courageous zinester has made it possible for everyone to become the next RA Montgomery by putting [...]

Thanks to our wonderful friends over at Microcosm Publishing, we got our hands on a copy of Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas from the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative. The book showcases 78 often overlooked or barely spoken abut in history. The rabble-rousers highlighted shaped the world around you, possibly without you even realizing. Pick it up, [...]

I attempt to read as much as possible. Over the past few months, the bulk of that has been limited to mainly pixels, but like the month two years ago I spent hold up using a corporate bookstore as a library (which I highly recommend), I’ve decided I need to get back to reading ink [...]

You know how people have those “bathroom reader” type books that have short punchy essays, most of which are either junk science or trivia fluff? We all love to read things like that on the toilet. However, you can toss those expensive pieces of fluff in the dustbin because I’ve found a zine perfect for [...]

The Goat celebrates 10 years – that makes this issue number 40! I can’t think of a better way to celebrate 10 years of the Goat than an issue saying goodbye to Grant’s 8 year archnemesis, GW Bush. Judas Goat Quarterly always offers up helpful political insight and this issue is no exception. Grant offers [...]

Propagandhi: Supporting Caste – possibly their best effort to date, this record shreds more than Potempkin City Limits and has catchier vocals. Seasonal Affective: Various – This release from our friends at Hemlock records features incredible electronic jams created mostly by tweaking old video game consoles. Think Legend of Zelda in your stereo. Try composing [...]

Upon first cracking open “King Leopold’s Ghost”, I had no idea what to expect. Like most people living in the United States, my knowledge of the world beyond my own country is very limited, and certainly my understanding of Africa specifically was essentially no understanding at all. But this spring, at Columbia College, they hands [...]

Cultural Collective Zine – The Cultural Collective. ($?) The Cultural Collective zine is a compilation of random features, poetry and prose and even some reviews, along with a few pages of resources. I’ve written and contributed to zines like this. They have their pro’s and cons, but overall, they tend to be pretty good – [...]

Regeneration #6 ($2?) “Ashlee and I have been on again off again pen pals for awhile now, and I always look forward to getting a letter in the mail from her. This last one came with a copy of her latest zine, which has a lot of the same great qualities as her last few [...]

27 ($2?) The thought process behind this zine was a pretty simple one. The author was turning 27, so for the 27 days leading up to his birthday he worked on this zine, a retrospective on his life and just exactly what he’s done with it. The entire quarter-size zine is hand drawn and hand-written, [...]